By Okhide Em’ya David
A family of three, including a father, mother and their little baby were early Monday crushed to death in a motor accident along the ever busy Benin-Auchi Expressway in Uhunmwonde Local Government Area, Edo State.
An eye witness account said the accident Victims were travelling to Auchi end of the road when their vehicle, a Toyota Camry suddenly crashed into a stationed truck in front of Coca Cola Bottling Company.
A neighbor who gave his name as Mr. Osarenren said that it was the loud bang from the collusion of the two vehicles that woke him up from his deep sleep.
Osarenren said that his heart almost jumped out when he saw the mangled vehicle as it crashed into the truck loaded with Coca Cola products.
He said the accident happened about 3am.
Mr. Osarenren said that they have endlessly appealed to the Coca Cooa bottling company to vacate their trucks from the road but to no avail, noting that the community in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state long time ago gave land for parking of articulated vehicles to the company but was shocked that the drivers still park on the highway.
He said that the remains of the victims have since been deposited at the nearby White Cross Hospital, Ogueka, suburb of Benin while serious efforts were being made to locate the family of the deceased.
When contacted on mobile phone, the Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr. Henry Benamaisia said that he was yet to receive reports of the accident.
